Bass Drum Technique - Heel-Toe

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In this bass drum lesson, you will learn how to play the heel toe technique. Start off slow, but build up speed once you are comfortable with this technique.
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View the resources for this lesson at: http://www.drumlessons.com/drum-lessons/bass-drum-lessons/heel-toe-technique/

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[davidsmithahs]

Jared: Take off your shoe. Yeah, yeah that's it. Oh, your pants are in the way just take those off too. That shirt is slowing you down, lets just take it off. There we go, heel-toe technique time.

Love this guy

[forlynay]

Jared. How should I adjust my pedal (tension, beater placement, etc.) For best results???

[Rogers1977]

@bball98038 I saw him do it where the ball of foot (BoF) is at the middle of the pedal and his heels are hanging off. It's not about the pedal, it's how your foot moves. I'm not an expert on heel toe, but I've found that it's not HEEL-TOE. It's really BoF - TOE. Try this: lift your foot off the ground and have your foot relaxed (heel is higher off the ground than BoF), drop foot, BoF hits, roll foot like a tire, heel hits, toes lift w/ heel on ground, BoF hits. STAY RELAXED and have fun!

[exeedorbit]

@Parsifaal You don't literally have to keep it on the toe. If you're a drummer that plays heel up naturally, this won't be all that odd to you. But if you're a drummer that naturally plays heel down, then yes, it might take a bit getting used to.

[Drummer987234]

Can you use this technique with Bare foot? xD

[bball98038]

Are you sure shoe size and pedal choice doesn't matter? Because I have size 12 Nike 6.0 shoes with a DW 7000 pedal and I can never master this technique. Hell, I can't even do the technique (I can in socks). No matter how differently I do it than you I can't get it right. I always have to do it with socks and (sorry to be disgusting) my big toe keeps scraping against the chain holder on the pedal and my toe is bleeding like shit! Is there a solution to this or do I just need a new pedal?

[baldzillabill]

Should one learn this technique barefoot, or does it matter? The ballistic bass drum system really stresses learning it barefoot first then use wrestling shoes. Although as Jared showed us, footwear really doesn't matter. A good laugh followed the snowboard boot. lol!!

[shed412]

i wanna see it in heels!!

[Parsifaal]

Hey Jared, I have two technical question about your technique. The start/finish position is so that the beater remains on the head after the second hit so it will muffle the sound. Isn't this a problem ? Is it not gonna sound weird and different than the first hit ? Also, this start/finish position means that you have to keep your foot on the toe side. Wouldn't it be really tiring after a while because you would have to constantly tense up your leg to keep it on the toes ? Many thanks

[RandomHiMfan]

@Zaev56 my bad:p

[AhmboiR]

lol!! i really laughed when he wears the snowboard shoes!!,,hahaha

[Zaev56]

@RandomHiMfan Cobus uses the slide method... Little different... Not much, but still...